Overview

The Bendigo Hospital project will deliver a new hospital with 372 beds, 10 operating theatres, an integrated cancer centre and mental health unit, helipad and a new multi-storey car park.

Project name

Bendigo Hospital

Value

$1.11 billion (net present cost as at March 2013)

Status

Contract let

Department and agency

Department of Health and Bendigo Health

Description

The contract for the Bendigo Hospital project has been awarded to the Exemplar Health Consortium.

Financial close was achieved on 29 May 2013. The lead parties within the consortium are Capella Capital as the sponsor, Lend Lease and Siemens as equity investors, Lend Lease as the builder and Spotless as the facilities maintenance provider.

The project will deliver:

a new hospital built on one site located in Barnard Street, Bendigo;

372 beds and 10 operating theatres;

an integrated cancer centre and mental health unit; and

a helipad on top of a new multi-storey car park on Lucan Street connected by bridge link.

The public private partnership model for the Bendigo Hospital is a design, build, finance and maintain model, with the medical services being provided by Bendigo Health. The existing hospital will remain operational throughout construction.

A Project Summary was released in October 2013 and the contract is available using the link below.

The Bendigo hospital is due for completion by December 2016.

Stage 2 construction of the multi-storey car park is due for completion in 2018.